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My ToFollow list for the 2010 italian phpDay
So the list is the following: I'm pretty sure I will not follow every talk I want ( time won't waiti for me, and the event schelude too 
)
PHP gossip time!
So here we are: this is a post I was thinking about since... well... since the Symfony live has ended.
There were lots of rumors after this great conference ( I missed it, not next year 
), so this is probably the most funny ( and girlie 
) moment of blogging: reporting great news.
Convert a password the Magento way
Here's how to convert passwords from plain text to the alghorithm used by Magento.
This can result useful when you need to import users from an external application which was managing passwords with no encryption.
Don't stress'em
In the last days I've faced, working at the Magento project I'm mainly involved nowadays, that when you import customers from the magento's native import tool the system send a confirmation email to all the customers that you want to subscribe to the newsletter natively.
This can be great for ready-to-go-live sites that import customers - almost - on the fly but when you need to make some tests importing the old customers from an application that was managing 16k+ people this can be really bad.
So, in order not to stress them with useless confirmation emails, let's see what we can do.
10 ( plus one ) tips to write a decent email
Please read this brief summary about writing e-mails.
When working with e-mails is a big part of your job:
- change it ( )
- you know the way they're written makes you give'em priority
So, if you're a PM, an angry customer or a developer... READ!
The 1 second boot
These kinda videos are not significative at all; but, hell, how cool is to see a one-second boot? Moreover on a Linux machine?
The power of gossip
Only two milion result separate John Terry and Wayne Bridge from Haiti's earthquake.
The world always cares about important stuff.